Garden-hose support



Mar. 6, 1923. 1,447,579.

E. E. THOMAS.

GARDEN HOSE SUPPORT.

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EDWIN n. THOMAS, or. PORTLAND, OREGON, Assrcavon 'ro WILLIAML czarnns rnn, or i PORTLAND, OREGON. i

GARDEN-HOSE surron r} Application filed ma 2, 1921. Serial No. gieaozss.

To all whom it may concern. preferably of sheet metal which constitutes Be it known that I, EDWIN E. THOMAS, the hose supporter proper. It consists of a a citizen of the United States of America, metallic plate that .is provided. with two and resident of Portland in the county of openings 8 and 9. The opening 8 is made 5 Multnomah, in the State of Oregon, have of ample dimensions to accommodate any 60 invented certain new and useful Gardenordinary hose-nozzle 10, and the opening 9 Hose Supports, of which the following is a is made to fit loosely the body 1. The maspecification, reference being hadto the acterial of which the element is made is bent companying drawing. or deflected so as to present the respective 10 My invention relates to means for supopenings 8 and 9 therein in different planes, 5 porting garden hose in service, and for dias shown in Figures I and II, in order to recting thereby discharge of water thereafford a .desired angle of inclination befrom. tween the nozzle 10 and the substantially The object of my invention is to produce a vertical body part 1 of the standard.

supporter of great simplicity, efficiency, and The diametrically opposite portions of 70 cheapness of construction. the wall that defines the opening 8 are pro- What constitutes my invention will be vided on opposite sides with upper and hereinafter specified in detail and succinctly lower biting edges 11 and 12, respectively.

set forth in the appended claim. Likewise, the opening 9 is provided with In the accompanying drawing, biting edges 14 and 15. The edges 11 and 75 Figure I is a side elevation of my sup- 12 are designed and adapted to engage 0pporter complete, in present preferred form posite sides of the nozzle 10 when inserted of embodiment, with a hose-nozzle and secthrough the hole 8, and hold it in the position of hose shown as carried thereon in tion of adjustment imparted to it. The

service. edges 1 1 and 15 engage, in like manner, the 80 Figure 11 is a similar view, partly broken body part 1. By a slight twist of the eleaway, taken at right angles to the view ment 7 on its horizontal axis, engagement shown in Figure 1. between the edges 1 1- and 15 and the body Figure 111 is a detail View of the hose part 1 may be broken, as indicated in Figengaging element, similar to the view thereure 111, when the element 7 may be ad- 85 of in Figure I, but illustrating change of justed to any desired position along the body position thereof in respect to the standard, of the standard. necessary for adjustment of the height of The weight and down-drag of the hose 16 said element on the standard. attached to the nozzle 10 suffice to insure au- Referring to the numerals on the drawing, tomatic biting action of the edges 1112 90 1 indicates the body part of a standard, that and 1415 upon the objects they are repreferably consists of a straight rod, and spectively designed to engage.

- which terminates as to its upper end in a The operation of my device may be briefly handle 2, and as to its lower end in a settingdescribed as follows. The operator, having tang 3. The handle 2 and tang 3 are prefselected the spot in which he wishes to plant 9 erably made integrally with the body 1, as his standard, thrusts the tang 3 thereof into by bending a rod of length sufficient into the ground until the base .i makes firm condesired shape. The tang is preferably tact therewith. The angle of inclination of united to the body by a horizontally deflectthe body 1 to the surface of the ground may 5 ed base 4:, which, inuse, makes contact be varied at pleasure, but its disposition is 100 against the surface of the ground indicated inso far vertical as to admit of gravitational at 5, so as to lend stability to the body when co-operation with it of the biting edges of the tang 3 is stuck into the ground. Also, the element 7. inclination of the tang relatively to the body After the setting of the standard in the is preferably provided for a like purpose, as ground, the element 7 is adjusted, in the 105 well as for conveniently adjusting the angle manner already described, to desired height of inclination of the body to the contour of upon the standard, and the nozzle 10 is the surface of the ground. likewise adjusted in the element 7, its angle Upon the body 1 is slidably mounted a of adjustment being one factor that controls hose engaging element or bracket 7 formed the distance of the throw of the water from 110,

the nozzle. Readjustment of the element 7 and of the nozzle. 10, and resetting of the standard may be conveniently made at any time in order to change the area covered by the nozzle discharge.

What I claim is:

A hose supporter having in combination a standard, a sheet metal bracket provided at one end with an opening for the reception of said standard, and at its opposite end with an opening for the. reception of the hose nozzle, said bracket twisted ntermediate its ends so that the nozzle opening will be in a different plane than. said standard opening and atan acute angle to the vertical, and

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